Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Spaceship House
Live long and prosper in Tennessee.
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Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Live long and prosper in Tennessee.
Rugby, Tennessee
A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.
Woolford, Maryland
The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.
Baltimore, Maryland
Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.
College Park, Maryland
Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.
Lanham, Maryland
A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.
Germantown, Maryland
The whole world in one water tank.
Delmar, Maryland
The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.
Grantsville, Maryland
This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.
Baltimore, Maryland
One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.
Laurel, Maryland
A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.
Linthicum Heights, Maryland
Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Rockville, Maryland
The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.
Lusby, Maryland
Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.
Ashton-Sandy Spring, Maryland
Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.
Rockville, Maryland
The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.
Laurel, Maryland
This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.
Bethesda, Maryland
Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.
Potomac, Maryland
The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.
Ellicott City, Maryland
An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.
Thurmont, Maryland
This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.